University News: Research

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TODOWorld First: Smaller than a speck of dust, voltage like a AAA battery - Smallest biosupercapacitor provides energy for biomedical applications

Research team from Chemnitz University of Technology, IFW Dresden, and IPF Dresden presents biocompatible energy storage device for sensor applications in blood vessels
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TODOBlack Lives Matter in Europe: What Remains of the Movement?

International research team with participation from Chemnitz University of Technology studied activists and the organizational structure of BLM in four European countries - Particularly large rallies in Germany and Denmark
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Visualizing Stress in Plastics

Research team led by Chemnitz University of Technology develops dyes that continuously translate stress plastics by changing color – Publication in Nature Communications
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Chemnitz Physicist Organizes leading Conference for Computational Physics

Prof. Dr. Martin Weigel organizes the international conference on computational physics from August 2 to 5, 2021
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A novel route to energy saving technologies in the IT sector: Controlling ferrimagnets by voltage

For the first time, an international research team with participants from Chemnitz University of Technology and IFW Dresden demonstrate 180° magnetization reversal purely by electric fields via magneto-ionic control of ferrimagnets– publication in Nature Nanotechnology
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Chemnitz University of Technology Advances Future Materials Research Based on Magnetoelectrics

Chemnitz University of Technology joins international EU project researching magnetoelectric materials for energy-saving and secure IT infrastructure and new cancer therapies
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Better Understanding and Use of Nutrition Apps

Research collaboration involving Chemnitz University of Technology and the Collaborative Research Center Hybrid Societies identifies multiple starting points for further development of apps to improve nutritional behavior
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Ingeniously Two-Dimensional

Efficiently doping the semiconductors of tomorrow: A team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) achieved a breakthrough with the support of the Semiconductor Physics Research Group at Chemnitz University of Technology.
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How Are You?

Study on the psychological well-being of students during Corona launched – voucher raffle for participants
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Chemnitz University of Technology and Mercedes-Benz cooperate in lightweight construction

Technologies from the Cluster of Excellence MERGE at Chemnitz University of Technology lay foundation for material invention now being used in series production of the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
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In Focus: Child Labor in the Saxon Textile Industry

At the Institute for European Studies and History at Chemnitz University of Technology, the first systematic study of child labor in this industry over the period from 1800 to 1938 is being launched.
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Portable wireless sensors in focus

From 31 May to 4 June 2021 the Chair of Measurement and Sensor Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology invites to the online international school on “Sensors for Body Area Networks (BASNet)”
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Wild Bees on Their Way into the Classroom

A joint research team from Chemnitz University of Technology and the University of Stuttgart is developing the interactive app "BeeLife" for students to raise awareness about the ecological importance of wild bees.
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Foundations Laid for Ultrafast Magnetic Memory

International research team with participants from Chemnitz University of Technology observes ultra-fast motion in ferromagnetic thin film systems for the first time - Publication in Nature Physics
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The End of the United Kingdom?

On May 6, 2021, Scotland will elect a new parliament - Prof. Dr. Klaus Stolz, Professorship of British and American Cultural/Social Studies at Chemnitz University of Technology, looks at the upcoming parliamentary election in Scotland and its possible consequences.
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Large-Scale Research Center to Show Prospects for Lusatia

The technical universities in Chemnitz, Dresden, and Freiberg want to establish a large-scale federal research center in the energy region of Lusatia, thereby providing essential momentum for a future energy industry and sustainably shaping structural change in the region
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Saxon Application Among Finalists in Selection for National Hydrogen Center

Saxony's application for the establishment of the national hydrogen technology center was convincing in the first round of the nationwide competition - Now the final phase begins, in which the remaining three applicants will compete in feasibility studies
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Tracking Topological Conditions in Graphene

International research team shows how carbon-based nanostructures can get a new functionality – research results are presented in the magazine Nano Letters.
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Light E-Commercial Vehicles – A “Sleeping Giant” Wakes

Current joint study by CATI and automotive thüringen shows prospects for the electrification of light commercial vehicles
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Project on carbon fiber research "InnoCarbEnergy" has started

Digital kickoff meeting between Chemnitz University of Technology’s Cluster of Excellence MERGE, the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP identified next steps for the cooperation project to research and develop "green" carbon fibers in Lusatia